TIWARY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Tiwary Entertainment Group is a multi-faceted arts and entertainment venture founded by Vivek J. Tiwary involved in production, financing and consultation. TEG’s Broadway productions have won a combined 25 Tony Awards from 44 Tony nominations. They include Green Day’s American Idiot, the groundbreaking adaptation of the superstar rock band’s multi-platinum album; The Addams Family starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth; Mel Brooks’ The Producers, which set box office records and won... a record 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical; A Raisin In The Sun starring Sean Combs, which marked a historic Tony win for Phylicia Rashad as the first African-American to win Best Actress; the Stephen Sondheim revival A Little Night Music, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury; and Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. TEG is currently working with Alanis Morissette, director Diane Paulus (Pippin, Waitress) and writer Diablo Cody (Juno, United States of Tara) to adapt Morissette’s breakthrough album Jagged Little Pill for Broadway. The highly anticipated musical will premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge Massachusetts in May 2018. In television, TEG’s forthcoming productions include The Fifth Beatle a multi-part event series adaptation of Vivek J. Tiwary’s #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel based on the life of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein. The project has secured unprecedented access to Beatles’ music, and Tiwary is adapting his work for television and serving as executive producer. TEG also sold a sitcom pilot Punk Rock Dad to CBS based on the bestselling memoir/parenting manual by Pennywise lead singer Jim Lindberg, and is further developing a number of new scripted series. TEG is a strategic investor in Valiant Entertainment a multi-platform company that boasts the third largest universe of comic book characters and has secured a 5-film deal with Sony Pictures. TEG is also an owner of Axial Entertainment, a television production company whose show How To Look Good Naked (hosted by Carson Kressley of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) received Lifetime TV’s highest ratings of all time. Other Axial shows include the Style Network’s How Do I Look? and MTV’s Why Can’t I Be You. Joining the founders/creators of Blue Man Group, TEG helped found Counts Media, a company that develops Immersive Entertainment Experiences such as The Ride New York. Finally, TEG is a part owner of The Box, a high-profile New York City celebrity nightclub and venue.More